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A. BANNATYNE. MOTION CLOCK.

No. 439,855. Patented Nov. 4, 1890.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARCHIBALD BANNATYN E, OF XVATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THEVATERBURY CLOCK COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

MOTlON-CLOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 439,855, dated November4, 1890.

Application filed December 27, 1887. Serial No. 258,976 (No model.)

To coZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ARCHIBALD BANNATYNE, residing at Vaterbury, in thecounty of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Motion-Clocks; and I do declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of, the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to an improvement in motion-clocks in which one ormore pictorial parts actuated by the clock'movemcnt co-operate with apicture upon the dial in reproducing some familiar and pleasingeifect,the object of my invention being to improve the adaptation of thedial for fulfilling its part in the effect, to improve the connectionsbe tween the pictorial part or parts with the clock movement, and toprovide specific means for reproducing the action of an oldtimeside-wheel river-steamer.

\Vith these ends in view my invention con sists in a motion-clock havingits dial struck up at a point thereon and a pictorial part adapted toplay in the dial at such point in the production of a vanishing effect.

My invention further consists in a motionclock having its dial struck upat two points in the same horizontal line, a pictorial walking-beam, andtwo pictorial connecting-rods respectively located at the opposite endsof the walking-beam and having their lower ends entered into thestruck-up portions of the dial.

My'invention further consists in a n1otionclock having its dial providedwith a substantially semicircular opening and a pictorial partrepresenting a paddle-wheel located behind the opening in the dial, soas to be partly exposed through it and connected with theclock-movement, so as to be actuated thereby.

My invention further consists in certain details of construction andcombinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view in front elevation ofone form which the clock-movement and the back of the clockcase. Fig. 3is a detached view, in front elevation, of a dial-blank, showing how itis struck up and cut out in being adapted for the particularmotion-clock in hand. Fig. at is a detached view, in front elevation, ofthe pictorial walking-beam and the pictorial connecting-rods. Fig. 5 isa similar view of such parts in rear elevation, showing also the carrierto which the pictorial walking-beam is attached. Fig. 6 is a detachedview, in front elevation, of the pictorial paddle-wheel. Fig. 7 is asimilar reverse View thereof, showing also its stiffener and the carrierto which it is attached. Fig. 8 is an enlarged broken view, in verticalsection, taken on the irregular line a b of Figs. 1 and 3, and showingthe front frame-plate of the movement, the projecting forward end of theverge-arbor, the dial, the pictorial walkingbeam, the carrier thereof inits connection with the projecting end of the verge-arbor, and one ofthe connectingrods arranged to play in a struck-up portion of the dialand Fig. 9 is an enlarged broken View, in vertical section, taken on theline 0 (Z of Figs. 1 and 3, and showing the front frameplate of themovement, the dial, and the semicircular opening therein, the pictorialpaddle-wheel, the stiffener, and the carrier thereof, the special arborto which the said carrier is attached, and one of the special wheels ofthe paddle-wheel train.

As herein shown, the clock-dial A has printed upon its face therepresentation of a side-wheel steamer under full headway. The distantshore and crafts are seen in the background. The said dial has aperforation B located above and at one side of its center and alignedwith the verge-arbor C, which is constructed to project forward throughthe front frame-plate D of the clock-movement. The dial is struck upbelow the perforation B and at equally-separated distances therefrom toform two leaves E E, located in the same horizontal line and set backfrom its face, so as to leave an opening F (see Fig. 8) under each ofthe leaves, which preserve the dial unbroken, as it were, in itspictorial effect. Directly below the center of the dial is located asemicircular opening G, having its straight edge uppermost and in ahorizontal plane and its curved lower edge slightly broken for producingan irregular water-line.

A pictorial part H, representing a walkingbeam, is located in front ofthe dial and applied to the outer face of a circular flange I, formed atthe outer end of and integral with a short pillar J, having its innerend drilled and split, as at K, to adapt it to be sleeved over theprojecting forward end of the verge-arbor O, as clearly shown by Fig. 8of the drawings, the said circular flange and split and drilled pillarforming a carrier for the part H and connecting the same wit-h thetime-movement of the clock.

Pictorial connecting-rods L L, respectively pivoted to the opposite endsof the pictorial walking-beam H, are bent inward at their lower ends, soas to p ss through the openings F, formed at the ower ends of the leavesE, by striking them )elow the faceof the dial A, as set forth. /The saidconnecting-rods play freely up and down through the holes F, their lowerends disappearing and reappearingin thefamiliar manner. I

A circular pictorial paddle-wheel M, located behind the dial, so as tobe exposed through the semicircular opening G, and provided upon itsback with a circular metallic skeleton stiffener N, is attached to theouterface of a circular flange 0, formed at the outer end of and madeintegral with a short pillar P, having its inner end drilled and split,as at Q, to adapt it to be sleeved over the forward end of a specialarbor R, projecting through the front frame-plate D of theclock-movement. This arbor It carries a wheel S, meshing into a wheel T,carrying a pinion U, into which meshes a wheel V, secured to the outerend of the arbor WV of the fourth wheel (not shown) of the time-train,such arbor being projected through the front frame-plate of theclock-movement for the purpose. By thus driving the paddle-wheel train,consisting of the wheel V, pinion U, wheel T, and wheel S, directlyfromthefourth wheel of the time-train the arbor R, and hence the pictorialpaddlewheel M, will receive an impulse with every beat of thetime-movement. The pictorial walking-beam H, being actuated directlyfrom the verge-arbor O of the movement, also receives an impulse withevery beat thereof, and the paddle-Wheel train being virtually coupledwith that arbor the walking-beam and the wheel will act together withhighlyrealistic effect.

It is obvious that in applying my invention in the production of effectsother than those herein described the dial may be struck-up differently.It is apparent, also, that other connections than those set forth may beemployed for connecting the pictorial parts and the time-movement.

- I would, therefore, have it understood that I do not limit myself tothe exact construction shown and described, but hold myself at libertyto make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spiritand scope of my invention. I am well aware that, broadly considered,motion-clocks are very old, Dutch clock-makers of upward of a centuryago having actuated a variety of toy figures and objects in front ofpictorial backgrounds located in the upper parts of clock-dials by powerderived from the time-movements of the clocks. I am also well aware thatwithin the last decade small clocks in cylindrical metal cases have beenprovided with pictorial faces and pictorial parts operating within thecircle formed by the hour-characters, and often before false dials orbackgrounds located behind the true or time dials.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a motion-clock, the combination, with a dial displaying a pictureand having one'or more portions of it partially detached and struck orset back from the plane of its surface to form openings through it atsubstantially a right angle with the said plane, of one or morepictorial parts forming parts of the picture on the dial and arranged toplay through the said openings, and means for connecting the said partor parts with the clockmovement for actuation thereby, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a motion-clock, the combination, with a dial displaying a pictureof a steamboat and having an opening below the wheel-house in thepicture and cut and upset to form two other openings without removingany part of the dial or picture, of a pictorial paddle-wheel locatedbelow the opening first mentioned, a pictorial walking-beam located infront of the dial, pictorial connecting-rods connected with the ends ofthe said beam and having their lower ends inserted into the two openings formed by cutting and upsetting the dial, and connections between theWheel and beam and the clock-movement, whereby they are actuated,substantially as set forth.

3. In a motion-clock, the combination of a dial displaying the pictureof a steamboat and having a segment-shaped opening and cut and upset toform two other openings, substantially in the same horizontal line witheach other, with a pictorial paddle-wheel mounted upon an arbor behindthe dial and having its lower portion exposed through the segment-shapedopening-in the dial, gearing whereby the said arbor is driven by theclock-movement, the verge-arbor projecting through the dial, thepictorial walking-beam mounted thereon in front of the dial,'and thepictorial connecting-rods having their lower ends passing down throughthe upset openings behind the dial, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses ARCHIBALD BANNATYNE. Witnesses:

HERBERT J. Downs, OLIFFORD'H. HALL.

